Hoi An (25-27th October) After a 4 hour bus journey from Hue we set down in Hoi An, and after the bus dropped us just outside of the town, we had a 20 minute walk to the old town and the action.  We settled in a hotel called Thangh Binh II hotel, we checked in for 2 nights and paid $17 a night including breakfast. After dumping our bags and getting a quick change of clothes, we set out into Hoi An. We were immediately taken back by it's charm, beauty, exquisite...

Hue: (23rd -25th October): So we arrived in Dang Ha (2 hours from Hue) at approximately 6.30am where we got off the bus and had a bite to eat, we were approached by a local chap who tried to convince us to do a tour around the demilitarised zone from the vietnam war. We were pretty skeptical but when some other guys decided to do it, we joined them too. So there were 5 of us, 2 germans called Eva and tina, and a canadian guy called tom. We grabbed all of our stu...

Halong bay, Vietnam: The following morning we organised a trip to Halong bay, an early start, the mini bus was picking us up at 6.30am. We finally arrived to the port after a short 2 hour transfer and boarded our boat which would be our home for the next day or so.  The boat was fantastic, and our rooms had en suite bathrooms... All very cool.  We set off for Halong bay and words alone cannot do it justice, it's a natural wonder. It looked like something out o...

Good morning Vietnam! Tuesday 18th October:- Well, this travelling lark is proving to be great fun! Not even through our first week into our travels and things are all going rather swimmingly.  We left a cold clapham last Tuesday morning for a gatwick bound flight to Bangkok via Dubai.  The flight was all good, even despite my best attempts to eat my own body weight in plane food along with eating pretty much all of Ann-maries, so needless to say I fell aslee...